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bent bone dysplasia syndrome 2

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A bone remodeling disease characterized by defects in both the axial and appendicular skeleton, with radiographic findings of undermineralized bone and a distinct angulation of the mid femoral shaft that has_material_basis_incompound heterozygous mutation in t

A bone remodeling disease characterized by defects in both the axial and appendicular skeleton, with radiographic findings of undermineralized bone and a distinct angulation of the mid femoral shaft that has_material_basis_incompound heterozygous mutation in the LAMA5 gene on chromosome 20q13.

Signs and symptoms

  • Decreased calvarial ossification
  • Ulnar bowing
  • Hypoplastic acetabulae
  • Osteopenia
  • Ulnar deviation of the hand
  • Micropenis
  • Talipes equinovarus
  • Short neck
  • Platyspondyly
  • Arthrogryposis multiplex congenita